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Committee asks full council to request Planning Commission to reconsider Belwyn preliminary plan
Summary
Council members voted to send a request to full county council to ask the Greenville County Planning Commission to reconsider Preliminary Plan PP-2025-015 (Belwyn). Developers and planning commissioners urged caution, and county legal counsel noted appeals deadlines and potential legal limits on reconsideration.
Greenville County’s Planning and Development Committee voted May 5 to request that full county council ask the Planning Commission to reconsider Preliminary Plan PP-2025-015 (Belwyn), a subdivision application that has drawn neighborhood opposition.
Councilman Calvin McGaughey presented the request on behalf of constituents who contend the Belwyn cluster-style plan does not fit the surrounding neighborhood character. Developers’ representatives described the planning-process history and warned of legal limitations and vested rights. Jim Burns, representing Hartness Development, said the plan had already been reviewed multiple times by the…
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